Du Chong and Wanyan Yan quickly climbed onto the Shunyu Gate Tower in the south of the Daming Mansion Palace. After climbing up, they realized that something serious was going on!
Because they found that the fire in the west city of Daming Mansion had gradually extinguished, but new fire appeared in the east city near Koushi Gate and Chaocheng Gate.
Along with the fire, there were bursts of shouts, the sound of golden drums and other miscellaneous sounds.
Obviously, fierce fighting is taking place in the area of Koushi Gate and Chaocheng Gate!
This is not the worst, because the fighting is still going on, which means that Koushi Gate and Chaocheng Gate are still in the hands of the Jin soldiers, and Du Chong and Wanyan Yan still have a chance to escape from there.
For the two of them, the worst thing was that a large number of Song Army infantry and cavalry had appeared outside the Daming Palace, and the Daming Palace was surrounded.
Moreover, in order to prevent people in the Daming Palace from breaking out, the Song army also placed anti-horse guns and set up crossbows outside the gate of the palace.
Now it is really impossible to escape!
The two of them also used the bonfire lit outside the Shunyu Gate of Miyagi City to see ten cannons being built!
So many troops came, and they even set up cannons!
This shows that the Song army is extremely determined to break through the palace city in the shortest possible time and annihilate all the defenders.
At the same time, it also shows that the flag raised by Wanyan Yan did deceive Zhao Kai and others, making them mistakenly think that Wanyan Xie was still clinging to Daming Mansion Palace, ready to resist to the end.
In fact, this is what Zhao Kai and others are most worried about!
Because the perimeter of Damingfu City is forty-eight miles, if a thousand people are placed on the wall for one mile, it means 48,000 defenders!
It would be good if Wanyan Xie had 28,000 men on hand, and it was impossible for him to mobilize the people of Daming Mansion to help him defend the city. Not only that, he also had to deploy troops throughout the city to prevent the people in the city from revolting.
Therefore, for the entire Damingfu City, Wanyan Xieye's troops are simply not enough, and the city's soldiers cannot defend it at all.
Moreover, the Jin soldiers in Daming Prefecture were not very good at defending the city, and the Jurchen soldiers under the direct jurisdiction of Xieye had never defended the city at all... To them, this city was used to attack, not to defend. The backbone of the Han'er army under Wang Bolong are all bandits and bandits, and they can't defend the city. They couldn't even handle the various defensive equipment thrown down by the Daming Mansion garrison under Cai Mao's leadership, and they were too lazy to maintain it. Therefore, in this battle of Damingfu, these city defense equipment were of no use at all and became only decorations.
With insufficient numbers and a small number of troops to defend the city, it is difficult to secure Daming Mansion. What's more, the Song army also attacked and captured the Guanyin Gate and Wei County Gate of Daming Mansion?
Therefore, after the Song army's reinforcements arrived, Wanyan Xie took the initiative to abandon the huge outer city walls and sub-city, and retracted his troops into the small but solid palace city to wait for reinforcements. In the eyes of a group of Song generals who like to defend the city, this is still a very wise approach.
So after seeing the banner of Marshal Dajindu standing on the wall of Daming Palace, everyone thought that Xie Ye was guarding the palace.
Wanyan Xie is also a big fish! The Kingdom of Dajin is familiar with Banbo Jilie and Marshal Du, whose status is second only to Wu Qimai!
If he were caught, it would definitely devastate the gold thief's morale.
But if Xieye cannot be taken down for a while, and when the army led by Wanyan Wu Qimai arrives near Daming Mansion, there will be big trouble.
Therefore, after Zhao Kai led the two armies led by Qu Duan and Liu Zhengyan to the battlefield, he immediately led them to besiege Daming Palace.
The main force of the two armies was about 20,000 people. They surrounded Damingfu City as soon as they came up, and then began to assemble cannons and prepare to throw powerful kerosene jars.
But Zhao Kai didn't have much of the fierce fire oil jar left. The output of this thing is limited, the consumption is high these days, and it is not particularly convenient to transport. So there is not much left to burn the palace city of Daming Mansion...
Seeing that the cannons were almost assembled, Wanyanyan still managed to maintain her composure, but Du Chong beside him was so frightened that he couldn't even stand, so he had to hold on to the crenel to prevent himself from collapsing. On the ground.
Of course he knew what happened to Cai Jing!
Moreover, he also knew that his behavior was worse than Cai Jing. Cai Jing just surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin after being captured, while he took the initiative to lead his troops to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin, and was reused by Wanyan Xieye. The husband of the Jin Kingdom... Even Cai Jing, who was forced to surrender, did not escape beheading. His crime, Du Chong, should not be punished by Ling Chi?
"The gold thieves inside have heard this. You have been surrounded. Come out and surrender quickly...otherwise our Great Song Heavenly Soldiers will set fire to the sky!"
The voice urging people to surrender rang out again, and there was also a "threat of sky fire". If they didn't surrender, they would set off sky fire!
"What can we do? What can we do..."
Du Chong was about to collapse. There were so many Song troops outside, and they were still throwing fire from the sky! And there are so few defenders in the Daming Mansion Palace. There are only dozens of guards from Wanyan Yan and another hundred or so guards who were originally staying in the palace. The total number is less than 200... They can't defend it at all. Stay!
"Why is Mr. Du like this?" Wanyanyan originally had a good impression of Du Chong, but now she can't help but hate him when she sees him acting cowardly, "Ms. Du, you are a man, how can you be afraid of death?"
As she spoke, she puffed up her chest and looked nonchalant, "Although Senior Aunt is a woman, she is not afraid of Zhao Bupo!"
Du Chong was so ashamed after hearing this! He has read so many books by sages, how come he is not as good as a copycat princess from the Kingdom of Jin?
Seeing that he lowered his head and said nothing, Wanyan Yan said to the guards on the left and right: "Go and call my father, my uncles, and my brother's concubines!"
The guard next to him also looked a little ugly. After receiving the order, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked: "Princess, do you want to deal with them?"
Wanyan Yan shook her head and said: "Of course not. The matter has reached this point and no one can escape. Why do we deal with them again? Go and tell them. We are all sisters in normal times. Now we are falling into the Song Dynasty together. I wish I had someone to take care of me. Isn’t the Song Dynasty known as a land of etiquette? I’m sure it won’t embarrass the Khitan people and the Xi people... Whatever, I am Princess Dajin, let them Just come to me!"
After hearing what she said, the guard also let out a sigh of relief... The princess had already said that she would fall into the enemy's hands with a group of girls named Yelu and Xiao. In this way, the lives of the people below will most likely be saved. Because these women surnamed Yelu and Xiao were all nobles of the Liao Kingdom, this was a generous gift to the officials of the Song Dynasty!
Zhao Kai is now an enemy of Yelu Dashi who fled to Mobei (Song and Liao Dynasties have not reconciled), but after getting those women, he and Yelu Dashi are relatives!
Moreover, Yelu Yanxi’s daughter Yu Liyan is also in Daming Mansion now. She is the woman Wanyan cannot live without!
This is a great gift!
In addition, Wanyanyan herself looks very good, with a good figure and a good face... But if she kills those women from the Yelu family and the Xiao family, she will look too cruel and keep it. She was a disaster, so the officials of the Song Dynasty might really execute her.
But she now surrendered with a group of women from the Yelu family and the Xiao family. This favor was greatly sold, and the officials of the Song Dynasty naturally looked at her differently.
Even though she is young, she has a perfect size.
Seeing her guard walking away briskly, Wanyanyan turned to look at Du Chong who was about to collapse while holding on to the crenel, "Ms. Du, I'm really tired of you being a prisoner with us this time."
As a prisoner? Du Chong was stunned and looked back at Wanyan Yan. He just thought that Wanyan Yan was going to die for his country, but he didn't expect that he was also going to surrender! But today's officials in the Song Dynasty are quite lustful. If you fall into their hands, you will be humiliated and lose your integrity!
Wanyan Yan, who was about to become a prisoner, did not panic at all, and said to him with a smile: "Ms. Du, please go and discuss surrender with Zhao Bupo... I don't have any conditions. , in short, just let it be dealt with. It’s up to you to say what you want, and it’s up to you to negotiate the conditions. Just leave me alone, I’ll always find a way to survive, so just find a way to find a way out for yourself!”
After hearing Wanyan Yan's words, Du Chong couldn't help but feel grateful to this girl.
Wanyanyan gave him a chance to beg for mercy and save his life! Although this life may not be saved, Du Chong is still very grateful...so much so that at this time he has forgotten who brought him to the palace and delayed his escape.
...
"Don't fire cannons or shoot arrows. I'm Du Chong. I know what's going on in Cangzhou, Du Chong! I'm here to negotiate..."
When the sky finally started to light up and the ten cannons were assembled one by one and prepared for test firing, I stood behind a large shield with a telescope in my hand and looked at the wall on the opposite side. Zhao Kai, who was aware of the enemy's situation, suddenly heard a creaking sound from the Shunyu Gate, followed by Du Chong's shout.
"Du Chong? Who is Du Chong?" Zhao Kaizheng was concentrating on investigating the enemy's situation. He didn't even think about who Du Chong was, so he asked casually.
"Commander, Du Chong is the one who knew the affairs of Cangzhou. He betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy a few months ago and became the husband of a gold thief."
The person who replied was Zhao Kai's confidant Shen Changsheng, and he was the only one following him now. Cao Li and Wu Lin, together with Wu Jie, are now leading a large group of troops to set up defenses outside Damingfu City - because Wanyan Wushu's cavalry has also arrived near Damingfu City. Because Wanyan Wushu's cavalry also arrived near Daming Mansion, Zhao Kai had to prevent Wushu from rushing into Daming Mansion to support Wanyan Xieye.
"What?" When Zhao Kai heard this, he had no intention of observing a female gold thief who was standing on the tower of Shunyu Gate with her arms akimbo and chest raised. He put down his telescope and said in a deep voice, "It turns out it's this thief... ... Changsheng, hurry up and make up some lies to deceive him, I'm going to kill him!"
